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Countries by gross savings, share of GDP

Brunei had the highest gross savings, share of GDP of 160 countries in 2018, at 53.2% of GDP. São Tomé and Príncipe had the lowest, at -16% of GDP. The median was 21.9% of GDP and the figure for the World was 26.6% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest53.2Brunei
Lowest-16São Tomé and Príncipe
Median21.9160 countries
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Map of countries, 2018

Albania: 20.5 % of GDPArmenia: 15.6 % of GDPAngola: 30.3 % of GDPArgentina: 11.4 % of GDPAustria: 26.9 % of GDPAustralia: 21.4 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 32.1 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 16.7 % of GDPBangladesh: 35.5 % of GDPBelgium: 23.8 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 17.1 % of GDPBulgaria: 23.5 % of GDPBurundi: 12.2 % of GDPBenin: 20.3 % of GDPBrunei: 53.2 % of GDPBolivia: 18.3 % of GDPBrazil: 12.7 % of GDPBahamas: 15.6 % of GDPBhutan: 31.9 % of GDPBotswana: 26.8 % of GDPBelarus: 29.2 % of GDPBelize: 15.2 % of GDPCanada: 19.6 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 25.1 % of GDPSwitzerland: 33.4 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 17.9 % of GDPChile: 19.6 % of GDPCameroon: 15.7 % of GDPChina: 43.8 % of GDPColombia: 16.4 % of GDPCosta Rica: 14.2 % of GDPCape Verde: 25.6 % of GDPCyprus: 15.1 % of GDPCzechia: 25.6 % of GDPGermany: 30 % of GDPDjibouti: 17.5 % of GDPDenmark: 28.8 % of GDPDominican Republic: 24.1 % of GDPAlgeria: 40.5 % of GDPEcuador: 21.2 % of GDPEstonia: 28.4 % of GDPEgypt: 18 % of GDPSpain: 22.6 % of GDPEthiopia: 33.3 % of GDPFinland: 24.1 % of GDPFiji: 12.6 % of GDPFrance: 21.9 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 15.2 % of GDPGeorgia: 21.3 % of GDPGhana: 20 % of GDPGambia: 15.7 % of GDPGuinea: 10.3 % of GDPGreece: 9 % of GDPGuatemala: 14.7 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 16.1 % of GDPHong Kong: 25.7 % of GDPHonduras: 19.6 % of GDPCroatia: 23.9 % of GDPHaiti: 12 % of GDPHungary: 27.1 % of GDPIndonesia: 31.7 % of GDPIreland: 32.7 % of GDPIsrael: 26.8 % of GDPIndia: 31.4 % of GDPIraq: 40.3 % of GDPIceland: 26.6 % of GDPItaly: 21.2 % of GDPJapan: 30.5 % of GDPKenya: 14.5 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 26.6 % of GDPCambodia: 26 % of GDPKiribati: 52.6 % of GDPSouth Korea: 35.4 % of GDPKuwait: 39.9 % of GDPKazakhstan: 27.8 % of GDPLebanon: -3.8 % of GDPSri Lanka: 35.1 % of GDPLesotho: 16.6 % of GDPLithuania: 22.8 % of GDPLuxembourg: 20.5 % of GDPLatvia: 23.5 % of GDPLibya: 30.9 % of GDPMorocco: 27.3 % of GDPMoldova: 15.9 % of GDPMontenegro: 14.1 % of GDPMadagascar: 18.6 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 32.7 % of GDPMali: 20.2 % of GDPMongolia: 22.1 % of GDPMauritania: 32.7 % of GDPMauritius: 17.4 % of GDPMalawi: 3.8 % of GDPMexico: 21.5 % of GDPMalaysia: 26.1 % of GDPMozambique: 13.6 % of GDPNamibia: 11.6 % of GDPNiger: 26.8 % of GDPNicaragua: 22 % of GDPNetherlands: 29.3 % of GDPNorway: 31.6 % of GDPNepal: 42.6 % of GDPNew Zealand: 20.1 % of GDPOman: 27.3 % of GDPPanama: 31.6 % of GDPPeru: 20.4 % of GDPPhilippines: 33.8 % of GDPPakistan: 11.9 % of GDPPoland: 19.5 % of GDPPalestine: 15.4 % of GDPPortugal: 18.8 % of GDPPalau: 7.5 % of GDPParaguay: 23 % of GDPQatar: 50.7 % of GDPRomania: 18.4 % of GDPSerbia: 18.8 % of GDPRussia: 28.9 % of GDPRwanda: 16.5 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 30.6 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 15.1 % of GDPSudan: -1.2 % of GDPSweden: 27 % of GDPSingapore: 41.4 % of GDPSlovenia: 28.1 % of GDPSlovakia: 22.3 % of GDPSierra Leone: 3.2 % of GDPSenegal: 23.1 % of GDPEl Salvador: 15.6 % of GDPEswatini: 20.9 % of GDPTogo: 16.5 % of GDPThailand: 31.7 % of GDPTajikistan: 34.6 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 14.5 % of GDPTunisia: 10.7 % of GDPTürkiye: 30.7 % of GDPTanzania: 31.7 % of GDPUkraine: 13.6 % of GDPUganda: 21.3 % of GDPUnited States: 19.2 % of GDPUruguay: 14.4 % of GDPUzbekistan: 32.5 % of GDPVenezuela: 29 % of GDPVietnam: 30.9 % of GDPVanuatu: 24.7 % of GDPSamoa: 36.2 % of GDPSouth Africa: 13.2 % of GDPZambia: 41.9 % of GDPZimbabwe: 13.9 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2018. Red areas are below zero and blue areas above it. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: World Bank, Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2018

Brunei: 53.2 % of GDPBrunei53.2Kiribati: 52.6 % of GDPKiribati52.6Qatar: 50.7 % of GDPQatar50.7Macao: 49.7 % of GDPMacao49.7China: 43.8 % of GDPChina43.8Nepal: 42.6 % of GDPNepal42.6Zambia: 41.9 % of GDPZambia41.9Singapore: 41.4 % of GDPSingapore41.4Algeria: 40.5 % of GDPAlgeria40.5Bermuda: 40.3 % of GDPBermuda40.3Iraq: 40.3 % of GDPIraq40.3Kuwait: 39.9 % of GDPKuwait39.9Samoa: 36.2 % of GDPSamoa36.2Bangladesh: 35.5 % of GDPBangladesh35.5South Korea: 35.4 % of GDPSouth Korea35.4Sri Lanka: 35.1 % of GDPSri Lanka35.1San Marino: 34.6 % of GDPSan Marino34.6Tajikistan: 34.6 % of GDPTajikistan34.6Philippines: 33.8 % of GDPPhilippines33.8Switzerland: 33.4 % of GDPSwitzerland33.4Ethiopia: 33.3 % of GDPEthiopia33.3Ireland: 32.7 % of GDPIreland32.7North Macedonia: 32.7 % of GDPNorth Macedonia32.7Mauritania: 32.7 % of GDPMauritania32.7Uzbekistan: 32.5 % of GDPUzbekistan32.5Azerbaijan: 32.1 % of GDPAzerbaijan32.1Bhutan: 31.9 % of GDPBhutan31.9Tanzania: 31.7 % of GDPTanzania31.7Thailand: 31.7 % of GDPThailand31.7Indonesia: 31.7 % of GDPIndonesia31.7Norway: 31.6 % of GDPNorway31.6Panama: 31.6 % of GDPPanama31.6India: 31.4 % of GDPIndia31.4Vietnam: 30.9 % of GDPVietnam30.9Libya: 30.9 % of GDPLibya30.9Türkiye: 30.7 % of GDPTürkiye30.7Saudi Arabia: 30.6 % of GDPSaudi Arabia30.6Japan: 30.5 % of GDPJapan30.5Angola: 30.3 % of GDPAngola30.3Germany: 30 % of GDPGermany30Brunei: 53.2 % of GDPBrunei53.2Kiribati: 52.6 % of GDPKiribati52.6Qatar: 50.7 % of GDPQatar50.7Macao: 49.7 % of GDPMacao49.7China: 43.8 % of GDPChina43.8Nepal: 42.6 % of GDPNepal42.6Zambia: 41.9 % of GDPZambia41.9Singapore: 41.4 % of GDPSingapore41.4Algeria: 40.5 % of GDPAlgeria40.5Bermuda: 40.3 % of GDPBermuda40.3Iraq: 40.3 % of GDPIraq40.3Kuwait: 39.9 % of GDPKuwait39.9Samoa: 36.2 % of GDPSamoa36.2Bangladesh: 35.5 % of GDPBangladesh35.5South Korea: 35.4 % of GDPSouth Korea35.4Sri Lanka: 35.1 % of GDPSri Lanka35.1San Marino: 34.6 % of GDPSan Marino34.6Tajikistan: 34.6 % of GDPTajikistan34.6Philippines: 33.8 % of GDPPhilippines33.8Switzerland: 33.4 % of GDPSwitzerland33.4Ethiopia: 33.3 % of GDPEthiopia33.3Ireland: 32.7 % of GDPIreland32.7North Macedonia: 32.7 % of GDPNorth Macedonia32.7Mauritania: 32.7 % of GDPMauritania32.7Uzbekistan: 32.5 % of GDPUzbekistan32.5Azerbaijan: 32.1 % of GDPAzerbaijan32.1Bhutan: 31.9 % of GDPBhutan31.9Tanzania: 31.7 % of GDPTanzania31.7Thailand: 31.7 % of GDPThailand31.7Indonesia: 31.7 % of GDPIndonesia31.7Norway: 31.6 % of GDPNorway31.6Panama: 31.6 % of GDPPanama31.6India: 31.4 % of GDPIndia31.4Vietnam: 30.9 % of GDPVietnam30.9Libya: 30.9 % of GDPLibya30.9Türkiye: 30.7 % of GDPTürkiye30.7Saudi Arabia: 30.6 % of GDPSaudi Arabia30.6Japan: 30.5 % of GDPJapan30.5Angola: 30.3 % of GDPAngola30.3Germany: 30 % of GDPGermany30
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross savings (% of GDP) (NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2018
% of GDP		Change on 2017
1Brunei53.2-2.1 pts
2Kiribati52.6-4.5 pts
3Qatar50.7+3.3 pts
4Macao49.7-0.3 pts
5China43.8-0.5 pts
6Nepal42.6+0.7 pts
7Zambia41.9-1.4 pts
8Singapore41.4-5.2 pts
9Algeria40.5+1 pts
10Bermuda40.3-0.1 pts
11Iraq40.3+8.2 pts
12Kuwait39.9+4.4 pts
13Samoa36.2+4.2 pts
14Bangladesh35.5+0.2 pts
15South Korea35.4-1.1 pts
16Sri Lanka35.1-2.2 pts
17San Marino34.6-0.1 pts
18Tajikistan34.6+4.1 pts
19Philippines33.8-1.7 pts
20Switzerland33.4+1 pts
21Ethiopia33.3+6.4 pts
22Ireland32.7-2.1 pts
23North Macedonia32.7+0.8 pts
24Mauritania32.7+2.3 pts
25Uzbekistan32.5+3.3 pts
26Azerbaijan32.1+3.1 pts
27Bhutan31.9-1 pts
28Tanzania31.7+1.1 pts
29Thailand31.7-0.3 pts
30Indonesia31.7+0.8 pts
31Norway31.6+2.7 pts
32Panama31.6-2.7 pts
33India31.4-0.3 pts
34Vietnam30.9+2.1 pts
35Libya30.9+9.5 pts
36Türkiye30.7+1.9 pts
37Saudi Arabia30.6+3.5 pts
38Japan30.5-0.1 pts
39Angola30.3+2.2 pts
40Germany30+1.4 pts
41Malta29.7-3.6 pts
42Bahrain29.4-0.2 pts
43Netherlands29.3+1.1 pts
44Belarus29.2+1.1 pts
45Venezuela29+5.8 pts
46Russia28.9+3.3 pts
47Denmark28.8-0.4 pts
48Estonia28.4+0.1 pts
49Slovenia28.1+1 pts
50Kazakhstan27.8+1.9 pts
51Morocco27.3-1.3 pts
52Oman27.3+6.7 pts
53Hungary27.1+2.2 pts
54Sweden27+0.2 pts
55Austria26.9+0.5 pts
56Botswana26.8-4 pts
57Israel26.8+0.3 pts
58Niger26.8+2.9 pts
59Iceland26.6+0.2 pts
60Kyrgyzstan26.6-0.1 pts
61Malaysia26.1-2.2 pts
62Cambodia26+0.9 pts
63Hong Kong25.7-0.9 pts
64Czechia25.6-0.1 pts
65Cape Verde25.6-0 pts
66Democratic Republic of the Congo25.1+0.8 pts
67Vanuatu24.7+4.1 pts
68Dominican Republic24.1+2.9 pts
69Finland24.1+0.5 pts
70Croatia23.9-0.5 pts
71Belgium23.8-0.2 pts
72Latvia23.5-0.7 pts
73Bulgaria23.5+0.6 pts
74Senegal23.1+0.6 pts
75Paraguay23-1.2 pts
76Lithuania22.8+1.3 pts
77Spain22.6+0.2 pts
78Slovakia22.3+0.6 pts
79Mongolia22.1+4.8 pts
80Nicaragua22-0.4 pts
81France21.9+0.3 pts
82Mexico21.5+0.9 pts
83Australia21.4-0.2 pts
84Uganda21.3-2.3 pts
85Georgia21.3+4.1 pts
86Italy21.2+0.6 pts
87Ecuador21.2-0.9 pts
88Maldives21.1-0.3 pts
89Eswatini20.9-3.1 pts
90Albania20.5+0.1 pts
91Luxembourg20.5-1.2 pts
92Peru20.4-0.2 pts
93Benin20.3+2.1 pts
94Mali20.2+0.9 pts
95New Zealand20.1-0.7 pts
96Ghana20+4.1 pts
97Chile19.6-0.2 pts
98Canada19.6-0.3 pts
99Honduras19.6-3.6 pts
100Poland19.5+0.7 pts
101United States19.2+0.3 pts
102Tonga18.9-1.8 pts
103Portugal18.8+0.4 pts
104Serbia18.8+3.1 pts
105Madagascar18.6+3.4 pts
106Romania18.4-2.4 pts
107Bolivia18.3-0.1 pts
108Egypt18+3.9 pts
109Côte d’Ivoire17.9-1.4 pts
110Djibouti17.5+0.7 pts
111Mauritius17.4-0.9 pts
112Burkina Faso17.1+2.3 pts
113Bosnia and Herzegovina16.7+2.9 pts
114Lesotho16.6+9.2 pts
115Rwanda16.5+2 pts
116Togo16.5+0.9 pts
117Colombia16.4-0.7 pts
118Guinea-Bissau16.1-3.3 pts
119Moldova15.9-0.4 pts
120Cameroon15.7-0.6 pts
121Gambia15.7-3 pts
122Bahamas15.6-1.3 pts
123El Salvador15.6+0.6 pts
124Armenia15.6-1.6 pts
125Palestine15.4+1.1 pts
126Belize15.2-3 pts
127United Kingdom15.2-0.6 pts
128Solomon Islands15.1-0 pts
129Cyprus15.1-0.3 pts
130Guatemala14.7-0.1 pts
131Timor-Leste14.5-5.9 pts
132Kenya14.5+1.2 pts
133Uruguay14.4-1.6 pts
134Costa Rica14.2-0.1 pts
135Montenegro14.1+1.7 pts
136Zimbabwe13.9+5.5 pts
137Ukraine13.6-3.2 pts
138Mozambique13.6+3.1 pts
139South Africa13.2-1 pts
140Brazil12.7-0.9 pts
141Fiji12.6-2.2 pts
142Comoros12.2+0.8 pts
143Burundi12.2+1.3 pts
144Haiti12-3.8 pts
145Pakistan11.9-1 pts
146Namibia11.6-1.5 pts
147Argentina11.4-1.7 pts
148Aruba11-2.5 pts
149Tunisia10.7-0.3 pts
150Curaçao10.6+2.4 pts
151Guinea10.3-1.2 pts
152Greece9-0.1 pts
153Palau7.5+1.7 pts
154Marshall Islands6.2-3.9 pts
155Seychelles5.4-1.8 pts
156Malawi3.8-0 pts
157Sierra Leone3.2-10.9 pts
158Sudan-1.2-10.6 pts
159Lebanon-3.8-2.9 pts
160São Tomé and Príncipe-16-1.6 pts

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Gross national income less total final consumption, plus net transfers from abroad, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

National saving of households, companies and government together, not the household saving rate. It is negative when the country consumes more than its income. Current prices, so the share moves with relative prices as well as volumes. Countries that rebase their national accounts can shift it by several points. The latest year varies by country.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 19 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Which country has the highest gross savings, share of GDP?

Brunei, with 53.2% of GDP in 2018, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest gross savings, share of GDP?

São Tomé and Príncipe, with -16% of GDP in 2018.

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